Hiqlite by sebadob
Hiqlite - highly-available, embeddable, raft-based SQLite + cache
About Hiqlite
From the project's README at github.com/sebadob/hiqlite. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Hiqlite is an embeddable SQLite database that can form a Raft cluster to provide strong consistency, high availability (which is where derives from), replication, automatic leader fail-over and self-healing features. Why
Why another SQLite replication solution? Other projects exist already that can do this. The problem is that none of them checks all boxes. They either require an additional independent process running on the side which can do async replication, need a special file system, have bad throughput / latency, or are running as a server.
I don't think that running SQLite as a server is a good solution. Yes, it is very resource friendly, and it may be a good choice when you are heavily resource constrained, but you lose its biggest strength when doing this: having all your data local, which makes reads superfast without network latency.
Hiqlite builds on top of and provides an async wrapper around it. For the Raft logic, it builds on top of while providing its own storage and network implementations. Goal
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 439 | github.com/sebadob/hiqlite |
| GitHub forks | 24 | github.com/sebadob/hiqlite |
| CRATES downloads (last month) | 2.4k | hiqlite |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 1.8 years | since Jul 2024 |
| Last commit | 13 days ago | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 24 | last: 23 days ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Hiqlite?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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